Mantra 9

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

खलः पात्रं स्फ्यावंसावीषे अनूक्येऽ

IAST Transliteration

khálaḥ pā́traṃ sphyā́vaṃsau āvī́ṣe anū́kye ’

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

The threshing-floor is the vessel; the two winnowing-fans—for guarding, in the following (rite)…

Word by Word

• खलः: threshing-floor; winnowing place
• खलः: कर्तृ
• Type: Noun
• Root: खल (प्रातिपदिक)

• पात्रम्: vessel; receptacle
• पात्रम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)

• स्फ्यावम्: dark/greyish; dusky (qualifying ‘vessel’)
• स्फ्यावम्: कर्म
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्फ्याव (प्रातिपदिक)

• सा: she/that (fem.)
• सा: कर्तृ
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• आवीषे: is active/works; exerts herself
• आवीषे: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीष्/वीष् (धातु; ‘to be active/strong, to strive’—Vedic usage)

• अनूक्ये: in/at what is to be followed; in the subsequent (place/act)
• अनूक्ये: अधिकरण
• Type: Adjective (used substantively/locatively)
• Root: अनूक्य (प्रातिपदिक; ‘to be followed/fit to be followed’)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic/Angirasa tradition (hymn-level attribution varies)

Devata: Implements/space as empowered correspondences (adhikaraṇa-devatā style)

Chandas: Fragmentary/uncertain due to truncation

Mantra Rasa

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